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Abraham B. Korol

Abraham B. Korol

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D-Index
67
Citations
24344
World Ranking
2498
National Ranking
18

Overview

Abraham B. Korol is affiliated with the University of Haifa in Israel. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broad domains, their work involves significant contributions to Genetics, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, and Insect Science.

The scientist's research addresses multiple main topics, including:

  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Genetics and Plant Breeding
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models

Korol has published extensively with frequent appearances in several academic venues. Their primary publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Heredity
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • BioEssays

Recent papers by Abraham B. Korol cover topics on phenotypic plasticity, genome-wide association in wheat, recombination characteristics, and evolutionary models. Selected publications include:

  • Genomic Architecture of Phenotypic Plasticity in Response to Water Stress in Tetraploid Wheat, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Genome-Wide Association Study in Bread Wheat Identifies Genomic Regions Associated with Grain Yield and Quality under Contrasting Water Availability, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Seasonal changes in recombination characteristics in a natural population of Drosophila melanogaster, 2021, Heredity
  • The evolutionary advantage of fitness-dependent recombination in diploids: A deterministic mutation-selection balance model, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • Modeling the evolution of recombination plasticity: A prospective review, 2023, BioEssays

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Korol's work, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Sviatoslav Rybnikov
  • Sariel Hübner
  • Zeev Frenkel
  • Tzion Fahima
  • Daniel B. Weissman

Best Publications

  • Shifting the limits in wheat research and breeding using a fully annotated reference genome

    Rudi Appels;Rudi Appels;Kellye Eversole;Nils Stein;Nils Stein

  • Characterization of polyploid wheat genomic diversity using a high-density 90 000 single nucleotide polymorphism array

    Shichen Wang;Debbie Wong;Kerrie Forrest;Alexandra Allen

  • Microsatellites: genomic distribution, putative functions and mutational mechanisms: a review.

    You-Chun Li;Abraham B. Korol;Tzion Fahima;Avigdor Beiles

  • A physical, genetic and functional sequence assembly of the barley genome

    Klaus F.X. Mayer;Robbie Waugh;Peter Langridge;Timothy J. Close

  • Microsatellites Within Genes: Structure, Function, and Evolution

    You-Chun Li;Abraham B. Korol;Tzion Fahima;Eviatar Nevo

  • Wild emmer genome architecture and diversity elucidate wheat evolution and domestication

    Raz Avni;Moran Nave;Omer Barad;Kobi Baruch

  • A Physical Map of the 1-Gigabase Bread Wheat Chromosome 3B

    Etienne Paux;Pierre Sourdille;Jérôme Salse;Cyrille Saintenac

  • Triticum dicoccoides: An important genetic resource for increasing zinc and iron concentration in modern cultivated wheat

    İsmail Çakmak;A. Torun;E. Millet;M. Feldman

  • Biodiversity of 52 chicken populations assessed by microsatellite typing of DNA pools

    Jossi Hillel;Martien A.M. Groenen;Michèle Tixier-Boichard;Abraham B. Korol

  • Domestication quantitative trait loci in Triticum dicoccoides, the progenitor of wheat.

    Junhua Peng;Yefim Ronin;Tzion Fahima;Marion S. Röder

  • Cloning of the wheat Yr15 resistance gene sheds light on the plant tandem kinase-pseudokinase family

    Valentina Klymiuk;Elitsur Yaniv;Lin Huang;Lin Huang;Dina Raats;Dina Raats

  • Quantitative trait loci conferring grain mineral nutrient concentrations in durum wheat × wild emmer wheat RIL population

    Zvi Peleg;İsmail Çakmak;Levent Öztürk;M. Atilla Yazıcı

  • A high‐density, SNP‐based consensus map of tetraploid wheat as a bridge to integrate durum and bread wheat genomics and breeding

    Marco Maccaferri;Andrea Ricci;Silvio Salvi;Sara Giulia Milner

  • Evolution of Wild Emmer and Wheat Improvement: Population Genetics, Genetic Resources, and Genome Organization of Wheat’s Progenitor, Triticum dicoccoides

    E. Nevo;A. B. Korol;A. Beiles;T. Fahima

  • Genomic dissection of drought resistance in durum wheat × wild emmer wheat recombinant inbreed line population

    Zvi Peleg;Zvi Peleg;Tzion Fahima;Tamar Krugman;Shahal Abbo

  • Mapping of quantitative trait loci controlling trypanotolerance in a cross of tolerant West African N’Dama and susceptible East African Boran cattle

    Olivier H. Hanotte;Y. Ronin;Morris Agaba;P. Nilsson

  • Genomic asymmetry in allopolyploid plants: wheat as a model

    Moshe Feldman;Avraham A Levy;Tzion Fahima;Abraham Korol

  • Molecular Genetic Maps in Wild Emmer Wheat, Triticum dicoccoides: Genome-Wide Coverage, Massive Negative Interference, and Putative Quasi-Linkage

    Junhua Peng;Abraham B. Korol;Tzion Fahima;Marion S. Röder

  • Interval mapping of quantitative trait loci employing correlated trait complexes.

    Abraham B. Korol;Yefim I. Ronin;Valery M. Kirzhner

  • Identification of molecular markers linked to the Yr15 stripe rust resistance gene of wheat originated in wild emmer wheat, Triticum dicoccoides

    Genlou Sun;Tzion Fahima;Abraham Korol;Timo Turpeinen

Frequent Co-Authors

Tzion Fahima
Tzion Fahima University of Haifa
Eviatar Nevo
Eviatar Nevo University of Haifa
Zvi Peleg
Zvi Peleg Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yehoshua Saranga
Yehoshua Saranga Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hana Šimková
Hana Šimková Czech Academy of Sciences
Catherine Feuillet
Catherine Feuillet Bayer (Germany)
Rudi Appels
Rudi Appels University of Melbourne
Hélène Bergès
Hélène Bergès INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Jaroslav Doležel
Jaroslav Doležel Czech Academy of Sciences
Jorge Dubcovsky
Jorge Dubcovsky University of California, Davis

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